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Class number:
2728
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Title: Contemp&Postmod Thought |
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Department: Political Science |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 25 |
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Current enrollment: 6 |
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Available seats: 19 |
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Start date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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End date: Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: W: 1:30PM-4:10PM, MC - 311 |
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Instructor(s): Smith, Gregory |
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Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Political Science 105, 219 or 220. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences Requirement |
Course Description:
This course will deal with philosophical developments of moral and political significance in the 20th century. Using the writings of selected authors, such as Heidegger, Sartre, Gadamer, Marcuse, Strauss, Foucault, and Habermas, it will focus on various modern movements of thought: existentialism, critical theory, neo-Marxism, hermeneutics, feminism, deconstructionism, and postmodernism. Readings will be from primary sources. |